diff --git a/doc/code_snippets/snippets/sharding/instances.enabled/sharded_cluster/README.md b/doc/code_snippets/snippets/sharding/instances.enabled/sharded_cluster/README.md
index bd192edf5c..f3873f099b 100644
--- a/doc/code_snippets/snippets/sharding/instances.enabled/sharded_cluster/README.md
+++ b/doc/code_snippets/snippets/sharding/instances.enabled/sharded_cluster/README.md
@@ -59,3 +59,14 @@ To run the cluster, go to the `sharding` directory in the terminal and perform t
         - [10, 167, 'Queen', 1970]
       ...
       ```
+
+
+## Packaging
+
+To package an application into a `.tgz` archive, use the `tt pack` command:
+
+```console
+$ tt pack tgz --app-list sharded_cluster
+```
+
+Note that the necessary `vshard` dependency is specified in the [sharded_cluster-scm-1.rockspec](sharded_cluster-scm-1.rockspec) file.
diff --git a/doc/code_snippets/snippets/sharding/instances.enabled/sharded_cluster/sharded_cluster-scm-1.rockspec b/doc/code_snippets/snippets/sharding/instances.enabled/sharded_cluster/sharded_cluster-scm-1.rockspec
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..cc9d8ca85b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/code_snippets/snippets/sharding/instances.enabled/sharded_cluster/sharded_cluster-scm-1.rockspec
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+package = 'sharded_cluster'
+version = 'scm-1'
+source  = {
+    url = '/dev/null',
+}
+
+dependencies = {
+    'vshard == 0.1.25'
+}
+build = {
+    type = 'none';
+}